First John Green Book.

One thing that I look into whenever I choose a book to read is the cover.. Yes, the cover; not the author, the synopsis, or how popular it is on Amazon. In fact, that is how I bought my very first fictional book, right in the "Young Adults" section of Powerbooks, where all the colorful, glittery book covers of Meg Cabot (Patricia Cabot) were placed, I grabed "All American Girl" because of its "cute" cover. (Lame. I know.) And from then on I started collecting her novels and series, and other books from Simon Pulse (Which also has cute cartoon covers..) and Sophie Kinsella. 

And so when I saw an Instagram post of this book, The Fault In Our Stars by John Green,  I instantly borrowed it from my friend. I don't know any novels of John Green, I didn't even know he's the author of this book, what caught my attention more is the comment of Jodi Picoult right above the book. Haha! So, when I got the book, I immediately started my reading.

I didn't put down the book until I've read the first five chapters of it. (I won't go into details on the story as I may be spoiling some of the parts to those who haven't read it yet or planning to read it too.) I was hooked up on the character of Hazel and her situation and wondered if people similar to her were really like that. Anyway, as I am at the middle of the book, a friend (Ate Grace) saw me holding it and she said.. "Ay? Maganda yan! Pero... Basta!" and I was like "Eeeeeehh.. Ano? Mamamatay noh? Hindi happy ending noh?" (SPOILER MUCH!) So upon hearing that, I read it as fast (I'm a busy person, and I do my "leisure" reading and "school" reading almost simultaneously..) as I can and when I reach the end of it.. I let out a sigh and felt my eyes watering.. BUT I managed to hold it back. (Kung nagkataon, unang beses ko iiyak sa pagbasa ng libro, paano na kung nagbasa ako ng Nicholas Sparks?) After finishing the book, I texted Ate Grace.. "Bittersweet ending.. Naiyak naman ako dito.." and she replied "I warned you.. :)". Yup, you did warn me. 

It was a good read. And one thing I've learned from this book is that life is unfair, and knowing that, we should be able to live it to the fullest (not recklessly of course), to live it like it was our last day, and to simply appreciate life as it is, however unfair it may seem. Also, I realized that if people like Hazel and Augustus can have a good life despite their condition, why on earth am I focusing on all the negative things that's surrounding me? :) I know I'm not a bearer of "happy jujus" and can spread it like the fairygodmothers spread pixie dust (HA? ANO? Anong pinagsasabi ko?) but it doesn't hurt to sometimes be happy and smile for no reason at all, right? 

I am no "book critic", but I recommend this book for anyone who has a time to read. :) It's so good, I think this is the first that I've ever written a blog post about a book. HAH! And I'd like to thank Ms. Paulina Piñon for lending me this book.. I really loved it dear.. Thank you. :) 

So 'till here..